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Week ending Oct. 5: seven inmates sentenced in Winnebago County to be released

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There are seven inmates sentenced to jail in Winnebago County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending Oct. 5.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Thomas Herren for predatory criminal sexual assault. Thomas Herren spent more than 20 years incarcerated.

According to The Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability, Illinois spends about $37,000 a year per incarcerated person. In a study by Prison Policy Initiative, Illinois’ incarceration rate was at 564 per 100,000, higher than every industrialized country, except the United States. When compared with its surrounding states, Illinois was the lowest. Kentucky and Missouri have rates over 850 per 100,000.

One of the issues is how pretrial detainees are now handled. The Vera Institute of Justice noted that pretrial detainees made up 71% of the total jail population.

Most prison inmates are released on some condition of supervised monitoring upon reentering civilian life. This monitoring can last from one year to the rest of someone’s life.

Inmates being released who were sentenced in Winnebago County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Jerry HeinzeARSON/REAL/PERSONAL PROP>$12022-10-30Dixon Correctional Center
Eugene L. ShanklinAGG ROBBERY/INDICATE ARM W/FIR2022-11-01Pinckneyville Correctional Center
Charles RobinsonAGG DISCHARGE FIREARM/OCC VEH2022-11-02Sheridan Correctional Center
Thomas HerrenPREDATORY CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT2022-11-02Taylorville Correctional Center
Kenneth M. DalsantoAGG DUI/32022-11-05Robinson Correctional Center
Nickolas C. WrightARMED ROBBERY/ARMED W/FIREARM2022-11-05Kewanee Life Skills Re-Entry Center
Trevor HasselmannAGG BATTERY/GREAT BODILY HARM2022-11-05Robinson Correctional Center

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